WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) (02/04/90)
Can someone tell me how to deal with the GEM metafile which Uniterm produces when one hits Alt-F3? One gets a file which contains the picture on the graphics screen, but with much better resolution than the Atari screen (I think something like 4000 pixels horizontal times 3000 vertical, quite appropriate for the laser printer). I tried to print it on the SLM804 with OUTPUT.PRG and the Diablo emulator. I got two identical-looking pages, each showing the picture, with the expected good resolution, but rather faint. Why do I get two pages? When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me 'Unable to open VDI device'. What I would really like however is to load the metafile into a graphics program to be able to modify it before printing (without loss of resolution of course). I tried two, Gemdraw and Arabesque. Both seem to have difficulties with the range of coordinates. It looks as if the high-order bits are just chopped off, so that several parts of the picture are folded on top of each other. I would appreciate to hear from people who have succesfully done this kind of thing. Do I just have outdated versions of GDOS, OUTPUT and/or GEMDRAW? Uniterm and Arabesque are rather up-to-date though. Is there anything particular in ASSIGN.SYS one has to pay attention to? Can someone recommend a graphics program which can deal with this? Sorry if this has come up before, I haven't followed this news group in recent months. Thanks, Klaus. Acknowledge-To: <WACKER@CERNVM>
ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) (02/07/90)
In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) writes: > >[...] >When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather >than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me >'Unable to open VDI device'. >[...] I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole, but I have not got an answer. Ralph
icsu8053@ming (Craig Pratt) (02/08/90)
In article <286@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes: >In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) writes: >> >>[...] >>When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather >>than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me >>'Unable to open VDI device'. >>[...] >I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole, >but I have not got an answer. > >Ralph I have used UniTerm to print and save Tek MetaFiles with no problem. It seems to work depending upon which GDOS you're using. Of course, the printer and meta.sys file must be in your assign.sys file. But, I have found that with EXACTLY the same assign.sys file, UniTerm would print with my G+Plus but would NOT work with the ACM GDOS included with the Gemini desktop. Don't ask me why, it's a mystery to me. By the way, I finally discovered a program to convert the .GEM files produced by UniTerm into the standard .GEM format. If there are enough requests I will post it to comp.binaries.atari.st. It can be found on GEnie as well. Craig Pratt BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu GEnie: C.PRATT4 "The ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't." Douglas Adams, _The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
agray@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Andy Gray) (02/09/90)
In article <286@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes: >In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) writes: >>[...] >>When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather >>than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me >>'Unable to open VDI device'. >>[...] >I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole, >but I have not got an answer. Try increasing the size of your system buffer. Uniterm needs a lot of system memory to create those metafiles. I had a lot of problems until I increased mine to 200K or so. -- Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Gray agray@jarthur.claremont.edu Platt Campus Center agray@jarthur.UUCP Harvey Mudd College ...uunet!jarthur!agray Claremont, CA 91711 agray@HMCVAX.BITNET
ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) (02/11/90)
In article <3095@caesar.cs.montana.edu> icsu8053@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Craig Pratt) writes: >In article <286@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes: >>In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) writes: >>> >>>[...] >>>When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather >>>than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me >>>'Unable to open VDI device'. >>>[...] >>I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole, >>but I have not got an answer. >> >>Ralph > >I have used UniTerm to print and save Tek MetaFiles with no problem. It seems to >work depending upon which GDOS you're using. Of course, the printer and >meta.sys file must be in your assign.sys file. But, I have found that with >EXACTLY the same assign.sys file, UniTerm would print with my G+Plus but would >NOT work with the ACM GDOS included with the Gemini desktop. Don't ask me why, >it's a mystery to me. By the way, I finally discovered a program to convert >the .GEM files produced by UniTerm into the standard .GEM format. If there are >enough requests I will post it to comp.binaries.atari.st. It can be found on >GEnie as well. > >Craig Pratt >BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu >GEnie: C.PRATT4 >"The ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't." > Douglas Adams, _The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy Look please, this is my assign.sys for G+Plus; is there any mistake ? Pfad=C:\GEMSYS.SYS ; 01p SCREEN.SYS ; 02p SCREEN.SYS ATSS10.FNT ATSS12.FNT ATSS18.FNT ATSS24.FNT ATTR10.FNT ATTR12.FNT ATTR18.FNT ATTR24.FNT ATTP10.FNT ; 03p SCREEN.SYS ATSS10CG.FNT ATSS12CG.FNT ATSS18CG.FNT ATSS24CG.FNT ATTR10CG.FNT ATTR12CG.FNT ATTR18CG.FNT ATTR24CG.FNT ATTP10CG.FNT ; 04p SCREEN.SYS ATSS10.FNT ATSS12.FNT ATSS18.FNT ATSS24.FNT ATTR10.FNT ATTR12.FNT ATTR18.FNT ATTR24.FNT ATTP10.FNT ; 21r SLM804.SYS ATSS10LS.FNT ATSS12LS.FNT ATSS18LS.FNT ATSS24LS.FNT ATTR10LS.FNT ATTR12LS.FNT ATTR18LS.FNT ATTR24LS.FNT ATTP10LS.FNT ; 31r META.SYS ATSS10MF.FNT ATSS12MF.FNT ATSS18MF.FNT ATSS24MF.FNT ATTR10MF.FNT ATTR12MF.FNT ATTR18MF.FNT ATTR24MF.FNT ATTP10MF.FNT
icsu8053@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Craig Pratt) (02/14/90)
In article <287@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes: >In article <3095@caesar.cs.montana.edu> icsu8053@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Craig Pratt) writes: >>In article <286@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes: >>>In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) writes: >>>>[...] >>>>When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather >>>>than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me >>>>'Unable to open VDI device'. >>>>[...] >>>I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole >>>but I have not got an answer. >>>Ralph >>I have used UniTerm to print and save Tek MetaFiles with no problem. It seems >>to work depending upon which GDOS you're using. Of course, the printer and >>meta.sys file must be in your assign.sys file. But, I have found that with [some of my stuff deleted] >Look please, this is my assign.sys for G+Plus; is there any mistake ? Sorry to post this here but mail bounced and bounced HIGH. >Pfad=C:\GEMSYS.SYS I don't know if this is a typo but it should read: PATH=C:\GEMSYS.SYS >01p SCREEN.SYS > 02p SCREEN.SYS > ATSS10.FNT [ bunch of font names deleted ] > ATTP10.FNT > 03p SCREEN.SYS > ATSS10CG.FNT [ more fonts deleted ] > ATTP10CG.FNT > 04p SCREEN.SYS > ATSS10.FNT [ yes, that's right, more fonts deleted ] > ATTP10.FNT > 21r SLM804.SYS > ATSS10LS.FNT [ more fonts with 1:1:1:1 correspondance ] > ATTP10LS.FNT > 31r META.SYS > ATSS10MF.FNT [ ... ] > ATTP10MF.FNT Why do you have this last set of fonts here? I've never seen that done before. Anyway, the only real problem UniTerm should be giving you is if it can't find META.SYS or SLM804.SYS. These must be located in C:\GEMSYS.SYS\ or bad things will happen. It also doesn't hurt to tell G+Plus to load ASSIGN.SYS before running UniTerm. If none of these suggestions do the trick, you should probably get in touch with a GDOS expert. There's more on your side of the pond than on mine! By the way, the metafile converter might show up soon. I had to figure out how to post to binaries. It's always difficult the first time. Craig Pratt BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu "The ships hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't." Douglas Adams, _The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_
WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) (02/19/90)
A while ago I posted several questions about the metafiles (or, more general, output to VDI device) Uniterm produces when hitting Alt-F3. One of my problems was that I couldn't get direct output to the printer, it would always tell me 'unable to open VDI device'. Several people suggested that lack of system space might the problem. I never believed them, after all, I already had 600 kbytes system space. After I started thinking, however, I realized that the stupid Atari laser printer might need much more than that. Anyway, after increasing the system space to 1500 kbytes, I finally succedded to get direct output on the laser printer. Actually, it works only most of the time, sometimes I get a page of blank paper or nothing at all. I haven't figured that one out yet. It may be possible to decrease the 1500 kbytes a little bit. 1300 I know won't work, but I don't have it narrowed down more than that. Since Uniterm needs some 500 kbytes plus maybe a couple hundred kbytes buffer space plus you need GDOS and Diab630 plus maybe other AUTO programs and accessories you think you cannot do without, this whole thing won't work on anything less than a Mega ST4. Now if the GEM file conversion programs some people told me about could be posted at panarthea (the only server I know how to access) or sent directly to me, I might be completely happy. Cheers, Klaus. Acknowledge-To: <WACKER@CERNVM>